Nikki Hill
PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor; Associate Director of Education, Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
311A Nursing Sciences Building
University Park
Phone: 814-867-3265
Email: nikki.hill@psu.edu
Research Interests
- Cognitive and functional health in later life
- Influence of cognition on function, well-being, and activity engagement
- Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
- Assessment of subjective cognition
- Personality and cognition
For more information about our projects, please visit https://remindlab.psu.edu/.
Education
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Philosophy in Nursing Supporting Area of Emphasis: Gerontology Dissertation Title: Personality as a Moderator of Cognitive Stimulation Outcomes in Individuals at High Risk for Cognitive Decline, 2013
- M.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Nursing Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, Adult Health, 2009
- B.S., Highest Distinction, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Nursing With Honors, Schreyer Honors College, 2007
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Major: Biology, 2000
Honors and Awards
- 2020 Carol A. Nese Early Career Professorship
- 2019 Janet A. Williamson Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2015 National Institute on Aging, Butler-Williams Scholars Program
- 2013 Developing Behavioral Interventions, Johns Hopkins Summer Research Institute Scholarship
- 2013 Doctoral Student Nursing Scientist, Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Scientific Sessions
- 2012 – 2013 Penn State Center for Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems Scholarship
- 2007 – 2008 Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation Nursing Education Grant
- 2007 Chianna and Usharani Reddy Mission Award, Schreyer Honors College
- 2007 Sigma Theta Tau Beta Sigma Chapter Academic Achievement Award
- 2007 Student Marshall, College of Health & Human Development
- 2006 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania Scholarship
- 2006 Schreyer Honors College Summer Internship Gran
- 2005 – 2006 Women’s Leadership Initiative
- 2005 Leslie Savino Scholarship, Mount Nittany Medical Center